Russell Hobbs Legacy Toaster Review

The Russell Hobbs Legacy Toaster is a sleek and stylish four slice toaster available in a variety of colours, including black, cream and red. It has an elegant curved design, and is reminiscent of classic toasters. It has modern functionality, however, featuring wide slots, an independent two side operation, a removable crumb tray and a fast speed.

In terms of speed, the Legacy Toaster is up to 48% faster than its predecessor, the Russell Hobbs Heritage Toaster. This means that the toast can be ready up to almost twice as fast. It also has the ability to toast straight from frozen, cancel the toast midway, or even reheat toast with a quick blast.

About Russell Hobbs

Russell Hobbs is a reliable and trustworthy brand. They've been selling kitchenware and appliances since 1952, and now sell them worldwide. They also sell kettles, blenders, mixers, pressure cookers, ice cream makers, and more. In our view, they're a safe brand to go with.

Specification

Let's take a look at the list of features:

• Wide Slots - The toaster is equipped with wide slots in order to accommodate larger slices of bread, crumpets, tea cakes, etc.
• Variable Browning Function - The toaster features six settings which control the browning intensity. Each side has separate browning dials.
• Independent Two Slice Operation - The toaster is capable of only running on one side. This is perfect if you regularly need only a couple of slices of bread because it saves energy.
• Frozen Button - There's a frozen button which means frozen bread can be toasted without defrosting first.
• Reheat Button - There's a reheat button which allows you to reheat your toast quickly.
• Cancel Button - At the touch of a button the toasting cycle can be stopped.
• Removable Crumb Tray - Underneath the toaster is a tray designed to collect crumbs. It's completely removable so the toaster can be easily cleaned.

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Matching Kettle

Each of the colour themes has a matching kettle available, known as the Legacy Kettle. The toaster and kettle are available as a set on amazon.co.uk.

Summary

Overall, the Legacy Toaster is a good piece of machinery. Its retro style makes it suitable for modern and classic kitchens, with black plastic accents adding to the overall feel. It's up to modern standards, with the capability of toasting from frozen, reheating and stopping mid-cycle. Its most notable feature is the 2 slot only operation which saves energy by not using both sides unnecessarily. We rate this toaster 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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